I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Released: 13 May 1950
Runtime: 74 min
Rated: PASSED
Director: Charles Lamont
Writer(s): Irwin Gielgud (original screenplay)
Actors: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis
IMDB Ratings: 6.0
Plot: Police detective sergeant Jeff Andrews is working on a case involving a gang of shoplifters, and he allows himself to falsely arrested as a petty thief, in order to make contact with the gang. Meanwhile, Faye Burton, a petty shoplifter and the daughter of a prominent judge, is blackmailed by the gang into joining them on the promise that they will get back a confession signed when she was caught by a department store detective, who had her sign the document rather than calling the police. It takes Jeff and Faye a lot longer to figure out who is the 'brains' behind the shoplifting gang than it does the audience, and the audience has less information than they do.
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